NVIDIA Quadro M5000M vs AMD Radeon R9 285

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro M5000M and AMD Radeon R9 285 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro M5000M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 11 month(s) later
  • Around 6% higher core clock speed: 975 MHz vs 918 MHz
  • Around 90% lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 190 Watt
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2 GB
  • Around 5% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 7020 vs 6680
  • Around 31% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 95.613 vs 72.799
  • Around 8% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 6.869 vs 6.369
  • Around 45% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 9399 vs 6474
  • Around 21% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3685 vs 3043
  • Around 20% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3339 vs 2782
  • Around 45% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 9399 vs 6474
  • Around 21% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3685 vs 3043
  • Around 20% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3339 vs 2782
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 18 August 2015 vs 2 September 2014
Core clock speed 975 MHz vs 918 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 100 Watt vs 190 Watt
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 7020 vs 6680
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 95.613 vs 72.799
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 6.869 vs 6.369
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 9399 vs 6474
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3685 vs 3043
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3339 vs 2782
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 9399 vs 6474
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3685 vs 3043
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3339 vs 2782

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 285

  • Around 10% higher texture fill rate: 102.8 GTexel / s vs 93.6 GTexel / s
  • Around 17% higher pipelines: 1792 vs 1,536
  • Around 10% better floating-point performance: 3,290 gflops vs 2,995 gflops
  • Around 10% higher memory clock speed: 5500 MHz vs 5012 MHz
  • Around 25% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 597 vs 478
  • Around 10% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1474.632 vs 1341.18
  • Around 10% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 91.954 vs 83.683
  • Around 7% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 391.399 vs 366.321
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 102.8 GTexel / s vs 93.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1792 vs 1,536
Floating-point performance 3,290 gflops vs 2,995 gflops
Memory clock speed 5500 MHz vs 5012 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 597 vs 478
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1474.632 vs 1341.18
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 91.954 vs 83.683
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 391.399 vs 366.321

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro M5000M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 285

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
7020
6680
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
478
597
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
95.613
72.799
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1341.18
1474.632
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6.869
6.369
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
83.683
91.954
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
366.321
391.399
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
9399
6474
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3685
3043
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3339
2782
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
9399
6474
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3685
3043
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3339
2782
Name NVIDIA Quadro M5000M AMD Radeon R9 285
PassMark - G3D Mark 7020 6680
PassMark - G2D Mark 478 597
Geekbench - OpenCL 22846
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 95.613 72.799
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1341.18 1474.632
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 6.869 6.369
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 83.683 91.954
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 366.321 391.399
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 9399 6474
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3685 3043
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3339 2782
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 9399 6474
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3685 3043
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3339 2782
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0 2778

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Quadro M5000M AMD Radeon R9 285

Essentials

Architecture Maxwell 2.0 GCN 3.0
Code name GM204 Tonga
Launch date 18 August 2015 2 September 2014
Place in performance rating 463 464
Type Mobile workstation Desktop
Design AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch price (MSRP) $249

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1051 MHz
Core clock speed 975 MHz 918 MHz
Floating-point performance 2,995 gflops 3,290 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 1,536 1792
Texture fill rate 93.6 GTexel / s 102.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 100 Watt 190 Watt
Transistor count 5,200 million 5,000 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Display Port 1.2
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size large
Supplementary power connectors None 2x 6-pin
Length 221 mm

API support

DirectX 12 12
OpenGL 4.5 4.5
Shader Model 5.0
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 160 GB / s 176.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz 5500 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

3D Vision Pro
Mosaic
nView Display Management
Optimus
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)